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Trump Jokes He Could 'Destroy Career' Of Texas State Senator

The senator supported legislation the president sees as counterproductive to his "law and order" agenda.

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"And I told him that the cartel would build a monument to him in Mexico if he could get that legislation passed," Sheriff Harold Eavenson of Rockwall County, Texas, said.

"Who is the state senator? Do you want to give his name?" President Trump asked.

Eavenson shook his head.

"We'll destroy his career," Trump said. The people in the room laughed.

During Trump's meeting with members of the National Sheriffs' Association, he joked about sabotaging a Texas state senator's career. That senator supported legislation Trump sees as counterproductive to his "law and order" agenda.